.Net 3.5

I few months back, I was having major problems with VS 2008 crashing on me left and right. After trying numerous things to resolve my problem, I finally decided to uninstall all of the .Net Frameworks and VS, then reinstall. My problems started shortly after I installed SP1 (both .Net Framework and VS 2008). I can’t say for certain that SP1 was causing my problems, but since then (after reinstalling without the service packs), I have not experienced the crashing. There are other reasons that I wanted ......

[If you are looking for a quick answer, jump here.] Yesterday morning was probably one of my least favorite in recent memory. I arranged to take the day off to go shopping with my wife, but I had to check-in to make sure everything was okay at the office. I checked my email from home and found that there were suddenly two issues reported on my project that was scheduled for an update in production that night. Needless to say I had to address the problems. It turns out that neither were more than ......

C# 3.0 has certainly introduced some really cool features. I have used the Automatic Properties extensively as well as object and collection initializers. These are real time savers. However, the most exciting feature (IMHO) are Extension Methods. My last post shows one example of how powerful extension methods can be. Here is another example (inspired by Scott Gu). 1: public static class Extensions 2: { 3: /// 4: /// Do not use this extension for large sets because it iterates through 5: /// the ......